The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-11-19
THE STATE.


Accidents and Incidents la West Virginia
q and VICINITY,
Mn. ". +. Riehnrds, a Morgantown
lady, three or four years $50 Invested
t45O In a trac. Of California land. A few
weeks since sho disposed Of II for $4,000.
A prominent feature In como Of our
State schools ID 10 devote a small portion
OF time each week to tho study Of current
90 recorded In newspapers. The
idea Ia certainly O good one, and should
DO universally adopted.
Hon. VIM. T. Wilson spoke on "Agri.
cultural Depression and Tax Reduction"
at OharleBlown, J%efIo-son county, To O
large audience. fiIa address was La large
part IN argument In favor Of the reduction
Of tho present tariff rateu.
The Cincinnati Telegram thus slurS our
own Charles Edgar: "The Congressman
from the Fourth dlstrict OF West Virginia
claims q great Democratic victory next
year. But he's q Hogg, and one Of q drove
that kas got fat on tho natural products OF
West Virginia."
The B. 4 o. has epgtneolp OIL the route
from the mouth oil tho Buckhannon river
to the town OF Buckhannon, and II Is said
the road will likely be built this winter.
They are taking this ntcp to head of the
West Virginia Central which company is
thinking Of %buildlng'a road on the came
line.
An agent for a pictorial magazine 10
abroad In the State and Is working unsus-
pecting Cit!zsns for their ducats. He
promises to throw In as q premium. to
each subscriber o photograph album. He
c~ollecss three or four dollara for the maya.
zine and fails to produce tho promised al.
bum. -
The Doddridgo county committee ap.
pointed to inspect tho new jail building,
were unwilling to risk their own Judgment
In the matter and refused 10 take the jail
of tho contractors hands, thus causing a
delay In the contractors receiving their
money, which Is Il great Inconvenience to
them.
Nswburg, Preston county, was the scene
OF aomo wholesale burglarlzing Tuesday
night. Tho thieves effected an entrance
into Paull's general merchandise store,
Gibson's general merchandise store,
Green's jswelry store, and attempted an
| entrance into Dr.. Den.'a drug STORE and
the po0totflCe, but failed. They secured
very little booty. No clue has been found
to tho psrpettGtors Of the Crimes.
Mr. Joseph Titus, Of Greene county,
Pa, has q piece Of q silk battle flag that
was carried in the war OF tho Revolution
by the colonlsts. At the cloae OF the wsr
the fog wag torn into pieces and divided,
as far rs II would 90, among tho soldiers.
Mr.. Titus, N ancestor OF those who reside
In Greene county, was ono Of the soldiers
who obtained a piece Of the flag, and j.
has been IN the line OF dependency ever
ainCe.
Many years ago two sisters named Lina,
who omiRrsted from Germany % thi0
country, became separated. They were
unable to Gud each other until the other
day, when one Of the ladies, who had
married q Mr.. Kline, OF Martinsburg, this
State, accidentally learned OF the whore
abouts OF her long lost sister, who had alec
married and asttled in Illinois, Tho re.
suit was q happy reunion, after forty-one
years Of separation.
James NJ. Msgon, Of the IIea Virginia
Democrat, Of Charleston, who led the 70.
volt against Senator j. n. Camden, ia
%straining himself TO make friends with the
monopoly ring" which no has 80 bitterly
denounced for the past two years. In the
last issue Of the Democrat appears On edi.
torial eu!ogy OF Mr.. Camden and express.
ing the hope that, for the good Of tho
party and tho State, the ex-senator will
not retire IRON politics. 1t will be rsmem-
bered that last winter Mason accuaed Mr..
Camden OF bringing ruin on the Demo-
cratic party.
Tuesday a comparatively young couple
arrived in Parkersburg and registered t
Ais Central Hotel as g. ". Mcclure and
vile, Of Cincinnati. He said that he was
q drummer for q Dayton, Ohio, tobacco
house. They stayed there until that
night, when MI. Mcclure lett, esying that
no WIS going to Marietta and would be
back on the next trim. Time passed and
Wednesday night still found him sbssnt,
and the unpleasant part was that he had
LETT his wife without Q cent OF money. II
soon became evident that he had deserted
her. Tho Parkernburg authorities fur.
niehed the wife with a ticket to Cinein.
cinnati. The husband has not yet turned
up.
Detective ALI Burnett, was interviewed
by the State Journal Thursday, at Parkera-
burg, in regard to the Roane county ven
delta, and the lynching Of Rev. Ryan'a
murderera. He stated that his agency is
engaged in working up the case, and said:
1--WE have so far succeeded in working oct
tho matter that we have the name OF every
man who be!ongu 10 the Consolidated
Band thst committed these acts OF mob
law. There are just seventy.nine OF
them. We also have the name OF every
man who was present when the lynching
was done. A large majority Of the band
was present. There were also a good
many other citizens there who do not be.
long 10 the band and who had nothing to
do with tho lynchings. 1t ia we'll to dis.
criminsto between the good citizens aud
tho lawlegs band OF lynchers. Every
member of tina. gang Of eeyenty.nine
lynchera belong to one party. They are
all Democrats. There is not one Republic
can among them"
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